Linzey — girls' name
325 babies named Linzey in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
325 girls have been named Linzey since 1981, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2015.
- 325
- total births
- 1981–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
36% of everyone ever named Linzey was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Linzey in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Linzey
The Social Security Administration has registered 325 babies named Linzey between 1981 and 2015, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linzey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Linzey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Linzey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Linzey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 325 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Linzey at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Linzey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1981
- Peak year (2003)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
325 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 19 births in a single year.
Linzey popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1927 (Linzey as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Linzey accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Linzey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 116 births that decade — 36% of Linzey's all-time total
Linzey decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Linzey's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.